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Sir Louis Addin Kershaw (27 December 1844[1] – 17 February 1899) was a British-American[2] judge who was Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court.
Kershaw was born in Ohio, United States[3] to British parents Matthew and Sarah Kershaw.[4] He studied in Bradford Grammar School at Bradford[5] and Pembroke College, Oxford.
On 18 November 1872, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple[6] and worked as revising Barrister at Yorkshire.[7]
In 1898, he was knighted and appointed the Chief Justice of Allahabad after John Edge.[8] He became the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, succeeding Sir Charles Frederick Farran.[9] Kershaw served as Queen's or King's Counsel in Bombay.[10]
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